Significato di worse in italiano

• 0 comparative of bad: more unpleasant, difficult, etc. -- peggiore

  • The exam was worse than I expected. L’esame era peggiore di quanto pensassi.

  • We’ll have to stop the game if the rain gets any worse. Dovremo interrompere la partita se la pioggia si fa più intensa.

• 1 more sick -- più malato, più grave

  • The drugs aren’t working – he just seems to be getting worse. Le medicine non stanno funzionando – sembra soltanto che stia peggiorando.

• 2 comparative of badly -- peggio

  • He was treated much worse than I was. Lui era trattato molto peggio di me.

• 3 bad to a greater extent -- peggio

  • My exam results were bad but his were much worse (than mine).

• 4 not so well -- peggio

  • I feel worse today than I did last week.

• 5 more unpleasant -- peggio

  • Waiting for exam results is worse than sitting the exams.

• 6 not so well -- peggio

  • He behaves worse now than he did as a child.

• 7 someone or something which is bad to a greater extent than the other (of two people, things etc) -- peggio, peggiore

  • the worse of the two alternatives.